Device for catching and delivering mail-bags.



A. KANTORSKI.

- DEVICE FOR CATCHING AND DELIVERING MAIL BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I5. i916.

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Patented oct'. 3'1, 1916.

ADOLF KANTORSKI, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR CATCHING AND DELIVERING MAIL-BAGS.

Specification of lLetters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 191.6.

Application filed May 15, 1916. Serial No. 97,649.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, ADOLF KANTORSKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Catching and Delivering Mail- Bags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for catching and delivering mail bags.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this character by means of which mail bags may be caught and delivered to or from a moving train so that the bags will not in any way be injured.

A further object of the invention resides in so constructing the device that the missing7 of the bags will be entirely obviated.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this character which is cheap to manufacture and very easy to install and operate.

With these and other obj ects in view, such as will appear as my description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a sectional view of my device showing the same mounted upon a car and showing both the receiving and delivering boxes in their operative positions; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the receiving box, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the container for the bags to be delivered.

In the drawing I have illustrated a portion of a car 1 on which a pair of guides 2 are mounted and extend horizontally. Slidably mounted in these guides are arms 3 and 4 which are adapted to extend from or be drawn into the car and are limited in their outward movement by stops 5 which engage the ends of the guides 2. These arms 3 and 4 have rack teeth 6 on the lower faces thereof which are engaged by gear wheels 7 and 7, the former having a crank handle 9 so that the arms may be retracted or extended. A receiving basket A is secured to the outer end of the arm 3 and a delivering box B is connected to the outer end of the arm 4. The receiving box A comprises a frame 10 which is covered by means of suitable nettingA 11 but is open at one end, as at l2. At the other side a Slot 13 is formed which is located between the lower edge of the frame 10 and the base 14 and merges with a slot 15 which is formed between the lower edge of the frame and the base 14 at the side opposite to that which is attached to the arm 3. The delivering box comprises also a frame 16 which is covered by suitable netting 17 and is open at one end, as at 18. It is provided further with slots 19 and 20 similar to the slots 13 and 15 in the receiving box. The open end of the delivering box is however arranged on the opposite side to that of the receiving box for a purpose which will later appear. Mounted adjacent to the track on which the car operates is a standard 21 which is pro vided with a pair of shelves 22 and 23, the upper shelf 23 being arranged so that it will extend into the receiving box A and pass between the lower edges of the frame 10 through the slots 13 and 15 and the bottom 14. The lower shelf 22 is arranged so that it will pass beneath the base 24 of the delivering box. A sweeper arm 25 extends upwardly and thence parallel to'the lower shelf 22 and is adapted to extend into the delivering box B and pass through the slots 19 and 20 therein above the base 24.

I have provided a container 26 which is adapted to receive and contain a plurality of mail bags and to rest upon the base 24 of the delivering box.

It will thus be seen that the car 1 moves in one direction with both the boxes A and B extended so that the shelf 23 will extend into the receiving box A and as the box passes from the shelf the mail bags which have previously been deposited thereon, will be gathered by the box. This is because the fore end of the box is open and the rear end is closed and because the slots 13 and 15 are of less width than the thicknesses of the bags. As the deliveringbox B passes over the shelf 22 the container 26 which has been previously placed in the box will be engaged by the sweeper arm 25 and deposited on the shelf 22 as the delivering box moves therefrom.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple device for receiving and delivering mail bags and have so constructed the receiving boxes that the mail bags will not be torn or mutilated and so that the boxes may he retracted When not in use.

lVhile I have illustrated and described a particular' embodiment of my inventiomit has merely been for-'the sake ofconvenience and I do not Wish to he limited to that particular embodiment asy it is obvious that numerous changes may be made inthe details of construction Without Vdepartng from the spirit of the invention or exceeding, the scope of the appended claim:

Thecombination with a car, of a horizonta'll'y inovalole: lmounted thereon,

means for effecting the movement of the 1 5 arm, means for limiting the movement of the arm in one direction, a box on the end of the arm having oneend open and having a continuous slot in the other end and one side, a support and a projection on said 2Q support adapted to extend into the'box-anvd1- pass through the slots therein.`

In testimony ivhereof, I aiiX my signature, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

Y ADOLF. KANTORSKI. Witnesses; t

' 'MATTHEW J.V ARnINs,

EDWARD BURKE."

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